Which pharmacy abbreviation would NOT be used for a regular scheduled maintenance medication?
NPO
PRN
QID
STAT
STAT
Rationale: The abbreviation STAT would not be used for a regular scheduled maintenance medication because it means "immediately"; NPO means nothing by mouth, PRN means as needed, and QID means four times a day – all of which could be related to regular scheduled maintenance medications.
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a. Pitch b. Inflection c. Enunciation d. Clarity
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TRICARE Standard. TRICARE Extra. TRICARE Prime. CHAMPVA.
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a. The aging of the population b. Increasing fertility rates c. Declining death rates d. All of the above
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a. try at least two more times b. notify the patient's physician c. ask another phlebotomist to try d. request the rest of the day off